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Thereupon the camel hobbled down the station stairs. 7. That is what brought the Tarasconians' joy to the climax. 8. Tartarin calmly directed his steps toward his house, followed by his fellow-countrymen. 9. Tartarin, red with happiness, began the tale of his hunt 10. The Caphunters took his arm familiarly.
Now Juan was a hero as I've said, Or shall be one which will do quite as well, 'Tis not alone the "unforgotten dead" The Poet can embalm within his spell. A Pitt or Luther, when his soul has sped, Is but a name like him of whom I tell. The shade 'twixt real and fictitious glory, Is living in history or in a story. But this I know that Juan then did feel.
In 1862, as a result of a short but disastrous war, Montenegro had been forced to sign a humiliating treaty of peace in which she virtually acknowledged the suzerainty of Turkey. Daudet was in Africa in 1861-1862, gathering materials out of which "Tartarin" grew. It is possible that he met there the prototype of Gregory brooding over the disgrace of his country, or, at least, pretending to do so.
He was sent to Paris and in 1559 married Claude, daughter of Henry II. He subsequently took charge of the affairs of his state, and ruled long and peacefully, dying at Nancy, May 14, 1608. COURRE LA BAGUE, "riding at the ring." Courre is an old infinitive of the verb courir, used only in a few expressions, as: courre le cerf.
Genealogical Memoirs of the Family of Robert Burns, and of the Scottish House of Burns, by the REV CHARLES ROGERS. Edinburgh, W. Paterson, 1877. A Manual of Religious Belief, composed by WILLIAM BURNES, for the instruction of his Children. Kilmarnock. Mr Kie, 1875.
His five years of slavery afforded him materials for "Don Quixote" and other works; cf. note to 10 13. 39 20 sous le bâton de: 'under the cudgel used upon. 39 26 devait: cf. note to 18 2. 40 1 Saavedra: upon his return from Algiers in 1580 Cervantes assumed the additional surname of Saavedra from one of his ancestors, always signing himself thenceforth Cervantes Saavedra.
"Ce prince," says Brantôme, "qui s'appelloit Jacques de Clèves, bien qu'il fût de faible habitude, si promettoit-il beaucoup de soi, car il avoit en lui beaucoup de vertu." He died in 1564. Francis of Vendôme, Vidame of Chartres, Prince of Chabanois, was one of the most distinguished courtiers of his time.
Rab and his Friends. Son brillant collier de cuivre, avec cadenas et lettres, Le désignait comme un gentleman et un lettré; Mais, bien qu'il fût de haut degré, Il n'avait pas d'orgueil, il n'était pas fier, Il passait volontiers une heure
Je les donnerai ici de mémoire. The prostitution of his muse and wife, Both beautiful, and both by him debased, Shall salt his bread and give him means of life. «La prostitution de sa muse et de sa femme, belles toutes deux, toutes deux déshonorées par lui, salera son pain et le fera vivre.
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